Shoe



Feb. u9, 1932. A 1 PIGNANELLI 1,844,017

SHOE

Filed Feb. 26, 1929 INVENTQR miga lgnatzedda BY f ATTORNEY Patented Fel. 9, `1932 f I i f STATES PATENT OFFICE j i i tuerrrenmnrmr, or Tacoma. WASHINGTON i This inventionrelates to an improvement is a view to an enlarged scale, partl in in the construction of shoes, pumps and the side elevation andY partly in -longitu inal like. vertical section of the rear part of a shoe Shoes, as' heretofore made, have proved unwith the upper omitted, and exemplifyin 't satisfactory because of furmshin an unsuitby dash lines the contour of a foot an 55 able support' to the weight of t e wearers ankle and the bone formation thereof as apl body and thus subjecting him to unnatural plied to the shoe; and Fig. 4 is a view in side muscular strains both in standing and when elevation of a womans foot wearing a shoe, walking. These disadvantages vhave been part of the shoe up r bein broken away to partially overcome by inserting within the disclose a portion cima sole rmed in accordshoe arch supporters and foot corrective ance with my invention. appliances -which afford but temporary re.- Referring first to Fig. 3, the numeral 5 lief to thefeet when used with low heeled represents a human foot having abone struc- I shoes; but are found to a source of much ture comprising the astragalus 6 supporting trouble with other kinds of shoes-especially the tibia 7 saidY astragalus being supported 65 womens wear-due to the fact that the foot is by the heel bone 8, os calcis, and the compressed between the arch supporter and scaphoid 9; the shoe upper with a consequent cramping of The heel bone 8 lis located at a lower elevathe foot, and the stopping of the blood circution than the scaphoid 9 and is spaced therelation, resulting in cold feet and-other aficfrom to provide a recess, into which the fleshy tions. v l part of the foot extends, as atlO, to pro- Another objection to the use of an-insertgressively greater heights from the outer side able arch supporter is due toits tendency to of the foot to the inner side thereof. shift forwardly in ashoe,spreading the foot In carrying out the present invention, I and the instep and crowding a personls toes. provide, in the top of a shoe sole, a jog 11 Moreover, with pumps and other low cut having at the front thereof a wall part, or shoes such forward shifting of said devices shoulder 12, disposed in angular relation of causes the inste to be elevated to such an exapproximately sixty degrees with respect to tent that the esh is bulged or protruded the plane of the sole portion 13 to the rear above the shoe with a resultant'disguration of the shoulder. sc of the contour of the foot. Y Said' shoulder-extendstransversely of the The object of my invention is to obviate shoe and is of gradually diminishing height the objections above referred to, and others, from the inner side of the shoe to within a' by the provision of an improved manner or short distance of its outer side where it dismeans of making shoes which is adapted to appears and becomes coextensive as at 14 "-1 furnish requisite support without distressing (Fig. 2) with the upper surface of the part l5 the wearer and permitting more freedom in of the sole thereof. .the use of his feet without liability. of break- Throughout its length--transversely of the' ing down the arch of the foot, and properly shoe-theupper portion of the shoulder 12 4 positioning the foot within the shoe. is connected with the sole part 15 by a ridge 90 Other objects and advantages of the inven- 16 which, having a relatively small radius, tion will appear in the following description. is comparatively sharp.

The invention consists in the construction Y The ridge 16 is arranged to extend upwardof a shoe having a sole provided intermediate ly to bear against the iieshy foot part 10 beits length with a transversely arranged ridge tween the os calcis and scaphoid bones 8 and 95 of novel form. 9, the shoulder 12 being disposed in .opposed In the accompanying drawings, relation with the front of the os calcis or heel Figure 1 is a sidev elevation of a portion of bone and bearing against the esh 17 in front a shoe having a sole embodying my improveof such bone, serves as a stop to prevent any ,0, ment; Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 forward movement of the foot inthe shoe. 100

This function' of the 'shoulder is es ially important with 'regard to womens s oes of the character illustrated in Fig. 4 wherein the elevation of the shoe heel or lift 18 applied the weight of the wearers body to cause leretofore, a wedg'ing of the foot downward- 1y into the forward part of the shoe.

The ridge, furthermore, constitutes a fulcrum, so to speak, which coacts with the ankle bone (astragalus) to aord improved exibility to the foot and thus enables a rson to walk greater distances without tiring than hitherto.

The sole part immediately in front of the ridge 16 slopes transversely to conform with the natural shape of a persons instep and constitutes, in eect, a shelf or platform which serves tomost comfortably the arch of the foot.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, the shoe sole is represented as formed of two layers 20 and 21 coupled together one above the other, and under such a method the upper 113er 20 may be formed, as shown, to provi e the jog, shoulder and ridge while the under layer 21 is utilized to serve, as at 22, as a tie in producing a triangular construction, whereby the bent portion of the upper layer is prevented from becoming distorted.

What I claim is,-

1. A shoe having a sole formed to rovide taken throu h the tibia and ast us bones of a wearer s foot, and wherein e ridge is relatively sharp to wedge against and directly support the ileshg part of the foot intermediate therheel an scaphoid bones.

4. An insole for a shoe of a conformation providing at the inner art of the'shoe a ridge projecting upwar y from a planefaced heel portion thereof, and wherem the -apex thereof is relatively sharp and in substantial alignm in its rear portion a cavity for the eel .of

the wearers foot, the front wall of said cav-` ity extending substantially vertically u -Y wardly as a ridge from the top of which t e sole extends forwardly as a shelf 'support for the arch of the foot, the apex of said ridge forming a relatively sharp wedge, said front wall serving as a stop in opposed` relation to the heel bone, the upper edge of said ridge and the part of the so e forward of the ridge being arran to slope downwardly transversal of the shoe from the inner to the outer si e of the foot.

`2. In an insole for a shoe, a substantially plane face heell portion, andprojecting upwardly substantlallv vertically at the for-v y ward extremity and at the inner arch side thereof, a ridge, saidridgesloping downwardly transversely of said insole and terminatm at the outer side in a plane vsubat vthe fore part of the sole.

Y adaptedtopresent a' ridge proj stanti y flush with said heel portion, the upper portion of Asaid ridge mslpted to wedge against and support the 'y art of the foot adjacent the astragalus .an between the os Acalcis and the seaphoid bonesv of a wearer-s foot, projecting forwardly in in proximit thereto a gradual declination therefrom to a common plane with the lower portion of 3. An le for a shoe of a conformation wardly to have theapex thereof in su tial'fvertical'A alignment with a een line 

